When we started the Innocence Project in 1992, we wanted to use the potential of DNA technology to achieve justice for the wrongfully convicted. We never imagined that it would become what it is today.
Through the hard work and brave efforts of our clients and colleagues, the Innocence Project has helped exonerate more than 220 innocent people, assisted the Innocence Network in building 68 member organizations in 13 countries, and worked to secure reforms in our criminal legal system that will help protect people from wrongful conviction.
This team has accomplished so much, but there’s always more to do — and to keep going we need you by our side in 2021.
Peter Neufeld (left) and Barry Scheck (right), co-founders of the Innocence Project. Photo by Barbara Alper.
We’re so proud of this community and what we’ve accomplished, but there is still so much work that needs to be done in the coming months and years to make our system more just and equitable. We’ll be focused on addressing root causes of wrongful convictions, like racial bias and police misconduct, while pushing for policies that create real accountability and transparency.
The Innocence Project exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice. www.innocenceproject.org
